Whether they stay or go, Stayne said the mountain is sacred, and that with the Pipeline Fire, he feels the loss of herbs used for ceremonies and a main source of firewood for the winter. “It’s ...

Victoria Begay’s father was a medicine man, and she says he used to go to Dookʼoʼoosłííd – the Navajo name for the San Francisco Peaks – to gather traditional herbs. Now she’s 93, and ...

The Navajo Nation spans parts of Arizona, New Mexico and Utah. Since 2012, the Navajo Beef Program has partnered with individual ranches and co-ops to provide beef to restaurants and businesses ...

“With this decision, a mountain sacred not only to the Navajo Nation, but to many other tribes in Arizona as well, will continue to be desecrated,” The Navajo Nation Council said in a statement.

WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. — The Navajo Nation has created a committee to look into buying Colorado ranchland that’s home to cattle, bison and two mountains the tribe considers sacred. The price tag ...

It is a sacred area of the Navajo Nation, providing plants for traditional medicinal and ceremonial uses. The mountains provide habitat for several sensitive species, including the federally ...

The Navajo Nation lies among the four sacred mountains between Colorado, New Mexico and Arizona. We call ourselves Diné, “the people,” in Navajo, and we pray to the mountains for protection ...

Navajo Nation Council Delegate Seth Damon of Bááháálí, New Mexico is sponsoring a bill to have the Navajo Nation recognize marriages between two people of any genders. “The prohibition ...

As the ceremony got underway, Dan Jim Nez led with sacred singing, followed by NTU president Dr. Elmer Guy and Jonathan Nez, vice president of the Navajo Nation. Miss NTU, Glennis Yazzie, carried ...

Sisnaajiní is one of two sacred mountains located in Colorado, the remaining two are in New Mexico and Arizona. The Navajo reservation covers approximately 27,400 square miles and occupies land ...

Prescott, Ariz. – Four Corners tribes say they are fighting for their spiritual lives as they sue to stop a ski area on the San Francisco Peaks from spraying what they consider sacred mountains ...